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Notices, warnings of the season and press releases of Irad Gidromet, newest first.
2026
With the heating season under way, air in Nurzhan is often unhealthy for sensitive groups on still mornings. Check the index on air quality before exercising outdoors.
The first snow has fallen on the high passes. Drivers on State Route 1 should check the mountain forecast before setting out.
The Service expects a winter close to normal in the valleys, with snow in the mountains above the average of recent years in December and January. Cold spells of −20 °C and below are likely in Nurzhan in January. The outlook is a…
From 15 to 19 July daytime temperatures of 40–43 °C are expected on the lower Chu and in the Akzhaykyn depression. Avoid work in the open between 12:00 and 17:00; give livestock shade and water.
2025
With the Talas River Hydrological Monitoring Service and the Civil Protection Service, the Service has begun the summer watch on the moraine lakes of the Talas Alatau and the Muz-Suu head. After hot spells, residents below the…
2024
The daily air quality bulletin for Nurzhan, Talas and Iyık Janyl is published every morning at 8:00 until the end of the heating season, and read on IradOne radio.
2023
A dry winter and a hot summer have left the Toktogul reservoir close to its minimum reserve, though above the record low of 2008. River flows in the Naryn basin are 30–40% below normal.
2022
A study by the Service and Talas State University of the Talas record since 1961 finds an annual mean of +1.4 °C for 1961–2020 and warming in every season, most in winter. The report is in the Service's library and the…
After three days of heavy snow the avalanche danger in the Otmek valley is high (4). Three avalanches have reached the road below the tunnel; the Gendarmerie has closed the highway.
2021
A source study by Talas State University with the Service's data attributes the fine particles in Nurzhan's winter air to household coal and district heating (about 45%), the refinery and industry (25%), traffic (20%) and dust…
In August the flow of the Talas at the border gauge was about half the long-term mean. The Service advises farmers on the canal rotations to expect low water until the autumn rains.
2019
The Service has installed six monitors of fine particles (PM2.5): three in Nurzhan, two in Talas and one in Iyık Janyl. Readings are reported on the US EPA index scale and published from this winter.